Florida Senate - 2019                             CS for SB 1004
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Community Affairs; and Senator Rodriguez
       
       
       
       
       
       578-03298-19                                          20191004c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to regional planning council meetings;
    3         amending s. 120.525, F.S.; providing requirements for
    4         establishing a quorum for meetings of certain councils
    5         when a voting member appears via telephone, real-time
    6         videoconferencing, or similar real-time electronic or
    7         video communication; requiring notice of intent to
    8         appear via telephone, real-time videoconferencing, or
    9         similar real-time electronic or video communication by
   10         a specified time; providing an effective date.
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   12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   14         Section 1. Subsection (4) is added to section 120.525,
   15  Florida Statutes, to read:
   16         120.525 Meetings, hearings, and workshops.—
   17         (4) For purposes of establishing a quorum at meetings of
   18  regional planning councils that cover three or more counties, a
   19  voting member who appears via telephone, real-time
   20  videoconferencing, or similar real-time electronic or video
   21  communication that is broadcast publicly at the meeting location
   22  may be counted towards the quorum requirement if at least one
   23  third of the voting members of such regional planning council
   24  are physically present at the meeting location. A member must
   25  provide oral, written, or electronic notice of his or her intent
   26  to appear via telephone, real-time videoconferencing, or similar
   27  real-time electronic or video communication to the regional
   28  planning council at least 24 hours before the scheduled meeting.
   29         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2019.